FATEMA BIDHABA vs THE UNION OF INDIA AND 6 ORS Advocate - ASSTT.S.G.I., ,SC, F.T,SC, NRC,SC, ECI — Review.Pet./68/2021

Case under Gauhati High Court Rules Section CHAPTER-X. Disposed: Contested--Dismissed on 26th March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: GAHC010082402021

Filing Number

Review.Pet./4953/2021

Filing Date

29-Apr-2021

Registration No

Review.Pet./68/2021

Registration Date

12-Aug-2021

Judge

Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

Coram

Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

10295 - Review Applications In Civil Rule ( 328 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

26-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Dismissed

Last updated 18-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Gauhati High Court Rules Section CHAPTER-X

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.FATEMA BIDHABA

    Adv. MR. M U MAHMUD,MR S H MAHMUD,MR S H MAHMUD, ,MR S H MAHMUD

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE UNION OF INDIA AND 6 ORS Advocate - ASSTT.S.G.I., ,SC, F.T,SC, NRC,SC, ECI

  2. 2.THE STATE OF ASSAM

  3. 3.THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

  4. 4.THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

  5. 5.THE STATE CO-ORDINATOR

  6. 6.THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE (B)

  7. 7.THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 26-Mar-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

    The Gauhati High Court dismissed the review petition of Fatema Bidhaba, a 56-year-old woman from Assam, upholding the Foreigners' Tribunal's 2019 declaration that she is an illegal migrant who entered Assam after March 25, 1971. The court found that the petitioner failed to establish a clear linkage to her claimed father through her submitted documents (particularly the Jamabandi land record), noting inconsistencies in naming conventions and lack of evidence supporting her pre-1971 presence in Assam, and rejected her argument that her siblings' inclusion in the NRC (National Register of Citizens) would automatically establish her citizenship status. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 26-Feb-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  4. 18-Feb-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  5. 26-Sep-2024

    Honourable Mr. Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  6. 23-Jul-2024

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  7. 16-Jun-2022

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice(acting),honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  8. 07-Jun-2022

    Hearing

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice(acting) , Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  9. 12-May-2022

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice(acting),honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  10. 02-May-2022

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh , Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  11. 31-Mar-2022

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  12. 11-Nov-2021

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  13. 09-Nov-2021

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh , Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  14. 06-Oct-2021

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  15. 06-Oct-2021

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  16. 01-Sep-2021

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  17. 29-Apr-2021

    Case filed

    Registration No. Review.Pet./68/2021

casestatus.in Summary

The Gauhati High Court dismissed the review petition of Fatema Bidhaba, a 56-year-old woman from Assam, upholding the Foreigners' Tribunal's 2019 declaration that she is an illegal migrant who entered Assam after March 25, 1971. The court found that the petitioner failed to establish a clear linkage to her claimed father through her submitted documents (particularly the Jamabandi land record), noting inconsistencies in naming conventions and lack of evidence supporting her pre-1971 presence in Assam, and rejected her argument that her siblings' inclusion in the NRC (National Register of Citizens) would automatically establish her citizenship status. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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